help? is there any way around this

Can I use my M-Audio device with Windows XP Media Center Edition?

A: No, M-Audio device drivers are not supported under Windows XP Media
Center Edition (WMCE). While WMCE shares many of the features of Windows XP
Professional, it is a distinct version of Windows XP; separate from both XP
Professional and XP Home. Windows XP MCE is customized by each manufacturer
(Dell, HP, Compaq, etc) for the hardware included in their systems. The
manual for Windows XP MCE states that third-party sound devices are not
supported; only the built-in motherboard sound device or card that originally
came with the system is supported. Additionally, M-Audio USB devices
designed to function without installing a driver (aka â??class compliant
devicesâ??) are also not supported under WMCE.

The technical support team at Sweetwater.com deals with pro-audio recording
equipment and software from most every major manufacturer. Sweetwater has
compiled an unofficial list of WMCE incompatibilities that suggests an
industry-wide lack of support for WMCE.

While some users have been able to get their M-Audio interface installed and
working under WMCE, it is not uncommon to experience a sudden loss of
functionality.



Q: How do I know if I have Windows XP Media Center Edition installed on my
system?

A: If you are unsure whether or not you are using XP Home, Professional, or
Media Center Edition, you can do the following:

1. Go to the Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your computer
screen.

2. Click on the Control Panel icon, then locate and double-click the System
icon.

3. The General tab of the System Properties dialog displays information on
which version of Windows XP you are using.

Nigel
Mon Jun 30 02:09:44 PDT 2008

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:10:01 -0700, malcolm <malcolm@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Can I use my M-Audio device with Windows XP Media Center Edition?
>
>A: No, M-Audio device drivers are not supported under Windows XP Media
>Center Edition (WMCE). While WMCE shares many of the features of Windows XP
>Professional, it is a distinct version of Windows XP; separate from both XP
>Professional and XP Home. Windows XP MCE is customized by each manufacturer
>(Dell, HP, Compaq, etc) for the hardware included in their systems. The
>manual for Windows XP MCE states that third-party sound devices are not
>supported; only the built-in motherboard sound device or card that originally
>came with the system is supported. Additionally, M-Audio USB devices
>designed to function without installing a driver (aka ?class compliant
>devices?) are also not supported under WMCE.
>
>The technical support team at Sweetwater.com deals with pro-audio recording
>equipment and software from most every major manufacturer. Sweetwater has
>compiled an unofficial list of WMCE incompatibilities that suggests an
>industry-wide lack of support for WMCE.
>
>While some users have been able to get their M-Audio interface installed and
>working under WMCE, it is not uncommon to experience a sudden loss of
>functionality.
>
>
>
>Q: How do I know if I have Windows XP Media Center Edition installed on my
>system?
>
>A: If you are unsure whether or not you are using XP Home, Professional, or
>Media Center Edition, you can do the following:
>
>1. Go to the Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your computer
>screen.
>
>2. Click on the Control Panel icon, then locate and double-click the System
>icon.
>
>3. The General tab of the System Properties dialog displays information on
>which version of Windows XP you are using.

That is pretty definite. If they say they won't support it then that is that
whether one agrees that it is reasonable or not (Media Center _is_ just Windows
XP Professional with some extra software).

The alternative if you want Media Center & to use their products is to use
Vista Ultimate which they do support for some of their products at least.
--

Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP

BillDavis
Mon Jun 30 06:03:01 PDT 2008

Malcom

If you are really knowlegdable about the system registry (Hack) it can be
installed, but not by using the installer they (M-Audio) provide. I did this
for a friend last year, she has XP MCE as well. If you have access to
another PC with XP install M-Audio on that PC. You will need some additional
tools. Microsoft has the system Internals software for free to download.

I used system internals to record the registry changes/file access. I used
that information to manually install M-Audio (files and registry changes), it
took about 3 hrs do do all of this. So you have to determine if you are
technically capable and how much you really want do this.

M-Audio says that it does not support XP MCE, it looks like they just did
not want to spend the time/money to validate there product on XP MCE since
MCE is only used by a small fraction of the users. With that said it works
and is stable on MCE just not offically supported.

B.D.

"malcolm" wrote:

> Can I use my M-Audio device with Windows XP Media Center Edition?
>
> A: No, M-Audio device drivers are not supported under Windows XP Media
> Center Edition (WMCE). While WMCE shares many of the features of Windows XP
> Professional, it is a distinct version of Windows XP; separate from both XP
> Professional and XP Home. Windows XP MCE is customized by each manufacturer
> (Dell, HP, Compaq, etc) for the hardware included in their systems. The
> manual for Windows XP MCE states that third-party sound devices are not
> supported; only the built-in motherboard sound device or card that originally
> came with the system is supported. Additionally, M-Audio USB devices
> designed to function without installing a driver (aka â??class compliant
> devicesâ??) are also not supported under WMCE.
>
> The technical support team at Sweetwater.com deals with pro-audio recording
> equipment and software from most every major manufacturer. Sweetwater has
> compiled an unofficial list of WMCE incompatibilities that suggests an
> industry-wide lack of support for WMCE.
>
> While some users have been able to get their M-Audio interface installed and
> working under WMCE, it is not uncommon to experience a sudden loss of
> functionality.
>
>
>
> Q: How do I know if I have Windows XP Media Center Edition installed on my
> system?
>
> A: If you are unsure whether or not you are using XP Home, Professional, or
> Media Center Edition, you can do the following:
>
> 1. Go to the Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your computer
> screen.
>
> 2. Click on the Control Panel icon, then locate and double-click the System
> icon.
>
> 3. The General tab of the System Properties dialog displays information on
> which version of Windows XP you are using.